Now we can’t
lawfully speak or peaceably assemble. Not within earshot or sight
of those who rule us, at any rate.

HR347 –
the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act is
now “the law.” (More accurately, an updated version of
the Law
to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich. The phraseology
and cadences are becoming so familiar, aren’t they?)

It codifies
the federal government’s practice – ever since the days
of The Chimp – to shunt protesters into what Judge Andrew Napolitano
rightly calls No Speech Zones and more, expands on it –
criminalizing mere speech, mere peaceful assembly, if it
“impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of government business
or official functions” – as defined by the agents of the
federal government. The language is so sweepingly vague it amounts
to carte blanche suspension of the First Amendment whenever and
wherever the government so decides.

Heckling –
or even standing silent with a protest sign could and will be construed as “impeding” and/or “disrupting”
the “orderly conduct of government.”